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Show 1 9 0 5 . ] FISHES OF THE FAMILY CICHLID.E. 161 prseorbital |- | the diameter of eye. Anterior teeth forming 4 or 5 series in the upper jaw, 3 or 4 in the lower. 10 or 11 gill-rakers on the lower part of anterior arch. Scales denticulated except on the head, the lower parts of thorax and abdomen, and anteriorly above the lateral line, 75-80 65-70 in a longitudinal series below the lateral line, 4|-6 between last dorsal spine and lateral line, 3 between upper and lower lateral lines. Lateral line 23-24 + 1 2-13. Dorsal X IX -X X I 13-14, the spines only slightly increasing after the fifth or sixth, the last the length of head. Anal III 10. Pectoral 5-|, ventral | the length of head. Caudal peduncle 14-l i as long as deep. Olivaceous, sometimes with white spots on the body ; a dark stripe from snout through eye to extremity of operculum ; a dark ocellus on the lateral line above the pectoral, another on the upper part of the base of caudal; soft dorsal and caudal greyish, with light spots. Amazons of Ecuador. 1 ,2 . (123 and 150 mm.) Canelos. C. Buckley, Esq. 3. (198 mm.) R. Zamora. Dr. H. Festa. 4 . C r e n ic ic h l a g e a y i . Crenicichla geayi Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1903, p. 123, and Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1903, p. 375, pi. vi. fig. 4 (1904). Depth of body 5-5| in the length, length of head 34. Diameter of eye 5 in the length of head, length of snout 3g, interorbital width 4. Nostril nearer to eye than to tip of snout. Maxillary extending to below middle of e y e ; depth of preeorbital the diameter of eye. Anterior teeth forming 4 series in the upper jaw, 3 in the lower. 9 or 10 gill-rakers on the lower part of anterior arch. Scales denticulated, except on the head, the lower parts of thorax and abdomen and anteriorly above the lateral line, 65^ (^r), 54 (57) in a longitudinal series below the lateral line, 4 between last dorsal spine and lateral line, 2 between upper and lower lateral lines. Lateral line 24-25 + 10-11. Dorsal X X 12 (X X I I 11), the spines only slightly increasing from the tenth, the last 5 the length of head. Anal I II (8) 9. Pectoral ventral h the length of head. Caudal peduncle longer than deep. Brownish ; a dark stripe from eye to extremity of operculum; sometimes a series of blotches along the middle of the side ; a dark spot or ocellus on the upper part of the base of caudal. R. Orinoco. 1. (159 mm.) Near Bogota. Mr. Cutter. This specimen agrees so well with the figure of the typical example of C. geayi given by Pellegrin that I have no hesitation in referring it to that species. The number of fin-rays(D. X X 12 instead of X X I I 11, A. I l l 9 instead of III 8) and of scales in a transverse series (f9 instead of $=), although different, fall within the limits of individual variation, whilst the presence or absence of a series of blotches on the side is of very slight importance 11* |